Senior Employee Relations Advisor

The roles focuses on providing comprehensive advice on a wide range of employment matters including employee relations. We are looking for dynamic and proactive HR practitioners to join our fantastic People services team supporting a range of Clinical and Corporate services across our Trust, ensuring the provision of a high quality and effective HR service to support and drive continuous and improved performance. A key element of these roles it to provide leadership and direction to the team . supporting complex cases, provide mentoring, and developing training.
The Senior ER Advisor roles have an opportunity to develop in a broad generalist portfolio within a complex NHS Trust, To provide advice and support to the specified Departments and Clinical Management Groups on the full range of People Services issues, to enable them to fulfil the principles of good HR Management.
To provide managers and staff with professional, comprehensive and timely advice and support, ensuring that the service provided is consistent with defined quality standards.
To provide advice across the range of complex People Services issues, including employee relations, change management and organisational development, developing excellent working relationships with divisional/directorate managers and supporting them to meet their key workforce indicators .
Responsible for day to day supervision of ER Advisers ensuring that advice provided is legally compliant and organisational change adheres to the relevant policies, procedures and protocols., + Provide line-managers, and staff with professional, comprehensive and timely advice and support on complex issues including but not confined to employee relations matters such as sickness management, performance management, resolution, harassment and bullying, disciplinary issues, management of change and TUPE, with minimal supervision ensuring that organisational and legislative requirements are met and standards of good practice are maintained
+ Advise and assist both managers and employees in informal and formal resolution of grievances in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures.
+ Advise and assist managers at all stages of the disciplinary process including informal and formal resolution of cases. This will include conducting suspension meetings, carrying out investigations with line managers, production of investigation reports, liaising with staff side, preparation of management cases, presentation of management cases at hearings, preparation and presentation of appeal cases. The post holder will work under the supervision of their line manager when dealing with complex disciplinary issues.
+ Represent People Services on panels to consider ill-health, resolution, performance and disciplinary issues and on appeal panels as appropriate, providing advice on procedural, legislative and employee relations implications of cases.
+ Provide advice and assistance to managers and employees with issues relating to harassment and bullying, including both informal and formal resolution of cases in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures.
+ Provide advice and support to managers on management of change issues including advising managers on restructuring, redeployment etc carrying out collective and individual consultations, at risk meetings, advising on redundancy matters and entitlement including redundancy pay, with minimal supervision.
+ Provide People Services representation at meetings regarding employee relations issues relating to individuals, some of which will require communication of complex and sensitive information in an emotive atmosphere and in all cases accurate recording of the meeting.
+ Develop and maintain good working relationships with partners e.g. payroll provider, Occupational Health etc to support delivery of contracts
+ Liaise with internal and external agencies as appropriate in dealing with queries and issues relating to staff.
Workforce Planning
+ Work with the Workforce Information team to ensure that relevant workforce data is available to managers, and is used to inform management decision-making and improve the division's performance in relation to People Services key performance indicators
+ Analyse data, producing reports to deliver the people management agenda within the Trust.
Policies and Procedures
+ Actively contribute to and, where required, lead on the development of new policies, procedures and practices and review in line with legislation, current best practice and NHS requirements.
+ Advise managers on the effective implementation of People Services policies and procedures within the organisation, ensuring that policies and procedures are consistently and appropriately applied.
+ Participate in "due regard" assessment of policies and procedures.
+ Actively contribute to and take the initiative in designing, implementing and evaluating processes, systems and procedures which improve practice.
Staff involvement and engagement
+ Proactively work with managers and staff side representatives to develop and promote a culture of healthy employee relations, effective partnership working, staff involvement and engagement.
+ Assist managers to engage with staff, promoting the benefits to be gained from open, honest and timely staff engagement
Training and Development
+ Design, develop and deliver training programmes on relevant People Services issues.
Participate in training initiatives designed to raise manager's awareness and competency in HR related issues within the organisation; this includes developing, designing and delivering the training programmes.
+ Coach managers to develop their people management skills and improve their confidence in dealing with complex issues.
Line Management
+ Effectively supervise ER Advisers supporting them to deliver their individual and corporate objectives.
+ Mentor and coach ER Advisers to develop their expertise and support their continuing professional development

This exciting opportunity has arisen through the promotion of current post holders, and we are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior ER Advisor to join our team.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:
We focus on what matters most
We treat others how we would like to be treated
We are passionate and creative in our work
We do what we say we are going to do
We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.